TEHRAN - The Fars province’s sole-surviving Parthian-era stone relief has recently been restored to preserve its historical ...

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A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have unveiled ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

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"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.